Mr. Aho was a Member of the Finnish Parliament, from 1983-2003. He chaired the Centre Party, from 1990-2002 and was Prime Minister of Finland, from 1991-1995.
After his political career Esko Aho served as President of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra 2004-2008, and thereafter he served as Executive Vice President for Corporate Relations and Responsibility at Nokia Corporation and was a member of its Executive Board until 2012.
He served as Executive Chairman of the Board at East Office of Finnish Industries 2013–-2019 and Chairman of Cinia Oy 2017-2023. He also served as elected member of the Executive Board at the International Chamber of Commerce 2013-2019. He acted as Chairman of the Board at ICC Executive Board Policy and Commissions Committee for four years.
Currently, Mr. Aho is Chairman of the Board at China Office of Finnish Industries. He is a member of the JP Morgan Advisory Council for Europe, Middle East and Africa. and is an advisor to several international and domestic companies and communities. Mr. Aho is an invited member of Club de Madrid, an independent organization of former heads of state and government dedicated to strengthening democracy.
Mr. Aho has also been active in the world of academia. He has been a Resident Fellow and later Senior Fellow at Harvard University and served as an Executive in Residence at Aalto University, from 2015-2022. He served as a visiting professor at Sciences Po University in Paris 2017-2018. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Vaasa and the University of Alberta.
In addition to business life, academia, and politics, Mr. Aho is a publisher and a writer. He has published more than a dozen books under Verbatum´s label and written five books.
